Much of mr. Berrys last work took place here. Richard stamm is the author of the castle. We met our tour guide in the crypt. This is about 40 minutes. I am steve berry. I am here with. Richard stamm richard stamm. Has a cool job, he looks after this stuff in the building. A really interesting plays that is where it all started, the smithsonian was stored in by admin started by a man named james smithson. He was just a guy who had an interest in science at the time. Had 500,000 when he died and he left it to his nephew. His nephew had been married and had kids, life would be great, but he died childless. The provision said the money would go to washington, d. C. To found at the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge. That is what the language says. Here is the meet part. Neat part. He had never set foot in america. Why did he leave a half Million Dollars to place he never set a foot in . To this day, nobody knows. The gas is he was somewhat bitter. The guest